Table 1D. Acreage planted, acreage treated, and percentage of planted acreage treated with pesticides in crops. North Dakota, 19841.

Crop  

Acres planted2

Pesticide treated acres3
Herbi-
cide
Insecti-
cide
Fungi-
cide
Other4 Herbi-
cide
Insecti-
cide
Fungi-
cide
Other4
(1000) (1000) (1000) (1000) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
 
Wheat 8820.0 8018.2 206.1 183.5 0.0 90.9 2.3 2.1 0.0
Barley 2950.0 2581.7 65.9 44.0 0.0 87.5 2.2 1.5 0.0
Oat 1150.0 492.6 13.9 0.0 0.0 42.8 1.2 0.0 0.0
Flax 400.0 265.2 11.4 0.0 0.0 66.3 2.9 0.0 0.0
Corn 970.0 735.3 13.8 2.2 0.0 75.8 17.9 0.2 0.0
Sunflower 2850.0 2521.4 1846.9 0.5 5.6 88.5 64.8 0.0 0.2
Soybean 750.0 722.4 15.7 2.7 0.4 96.3 2.1 0.4 0.0
Dry bean 205.0 191.7 0.7 38.9 3.5 93.5 0.4 19.0 1.7
Potato 136.0 41.6 131.8 91.9 54.5 30.6 96.9 67.6 40.1
Sugarbeet 139.8 135.0 69.3 108.5 0.0 96.5 49.5 77.6 0.0
Alfalfa hay 1550.0 13.4 14.5 0.5 0.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0
Other hay 1350.0 9.1 3.8 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
Pasture and range5 9754.7 116.0 27.7 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.0
Summer fallow+
PIK+ARP6

9908.0

1696.4

6.2

0.0

0.0

17.1

0.1

0.0

0.0
Other Crops7 - - - - - 52.9 8.5 0.0 0.0
Total 40933.5 17539.8 2587.8 472.7 64.1 42.8 6.3 1.2 0.2

1McMullen, M. P., A. G. Dexter, J. D. Nalewaja, W. Hamlin and K. Davison. 1985. Pesticide Use on Major Crops in North Dakota, 1984. North Dakota State University in cooperation with North Dakota Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, Agronomy Report 3. 31p.

2Preliminary estimates by the North Dakota Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Exception: Pasture and range which are U.S. Census figures.

3Multiple applications to the same acreage were totaled as one application. Seed treatments not included.

4See Table 21 for other chemical usage in North Dakota. Dessicants were the main chemicals in the other category.

5Pasture and rangeland other than crop and woodland pastured.

6PIK and ARP are acres for the Payment in Kind and Acreage Reserve Program.

7Main crops in other category are rapeseed, mustard, millet, buckwheat, safflower.